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January 8, 2016

Orlowski holds overnight TQ in Denmark

Michal Orlowski has kicked off his 2016 season perfectly with the Schumacher driver securing the provisional overnight 2WD Buggy TQ at the DHI Cup. Having topped practice at the Danish event, the 14-year-old carried his pace into qualifying taking the opening two rounds from the Swede Niclas Mansson who sits an impressive second overnight. Improving one place to claim P3 in the second of the four scheduled qualifiers, Joern Neumann lies third going into Day 2 followed by Xray’s Martin Bayer and Team Associated’s Joakim Nicolaisen. Having shown promise in practice taking his D216 to the fourth fastest time, for defending champion David Ronnefalk the qualifiers would prove difficult. Only 13th in Q1, a last lap crash in Q2 would cost the HB driver a second behind Orlowski and the Swede finds himself sitting 10th overall.

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January 8, 2016

New season but no change as Volker tops DHI practice

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It is the long established opening international race of the new season, but the early signs from the DHI Cup is that little has changed for 2016 with Ronald Volker topping the practice times in Odense. Closest to the 6-time winner of the Danish classic would be Alexander Hagberg, the gap over 3-consecutive laps being 1/10th of a second. Winner of the event in 2013, then driving for Xray, Adrien Berntsen would complete the Top 3 for new Danish manufacturer Gizmo with Viljami Kutvonen making it four different manufacturers at the top of the time sheets with his Awesomatix.

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January 8, 2016

Hupo Honigl joins Xray Factory team

Xray is have announced that the multiple European Champion and Worlds finalist Hupo Honigl has joined Xray team to race off-road with their XB4, XB2, XB8, XB8E and on-road with the X12. Hupo, who recently announced his departure from Serpent, will race all Austrian races as well international events such as Euros & EOS. The 30 time Austrian National Champion and reigning 1/12th Stock European Champion had the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to be part of the Xray team. I believe that Xray work as hard as a company as I do as a racer. Xray wants to improve their products all the time and I hope I can help them with my 20+ years of experience. After building the first car, I was 100% sure I made the right decision – the quality and the fitments of everything is just unique in the RC industry and none of any other cars I ever built is even close to this. I´m really looking forward to some successful years together and I hope I finally found my new home.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 8, 2016

Bayer fastest in 4WD at DHI Cup

Martin Bayer has set the 4WD Buggy pace on the opening day of the DHI Cup. Despite being forced to sit out the final practice due to a servo failure, the Xray driver still managed to top the seeding list thanks to his 3-consecutive pace of the opening timed practice. Closest to the Czech ace was HB’s David Ronnefalk, the Swede improving on his opening time by a tenth of a second to get within 2/10ths of Bayer. Having set the pace in 2WD practice, Michal Orlowski would end up third fastest but the Schumacher driver was a considerable 7/10ths off the pace. For defending champion Joern Neumann, sixth would be the best the Serpent driver could manage behind Yokomo team-mates Tom Cockerill and Frederik Hovgaard.

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January 8, 2016

Tekno RC aluminium stub axles

Made for Tekno RC’s 1/8th line of off-road vehicles are the new aluminium stub axles. They are designed to reduce rotating mass as well as unsprung weight without sacrificing strength or durability. CNC-machined from 7075 aluminium and hard anodised for wear, they provide a weight reduction of over 12 grams per pair or more than 24 grams for the whole set. They are a direct replacement for the stock steel stub axles on the NB48, NT48, EB48 and ET48 series cars.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

January 8, 2016

Axial Trail Breaker brushed electric motors

Axial have introduced the Trail Breaker brushed electric motors. Although brushless motors are the way to go in competition off-road racing, the often smoother brushed motors are still commonly used in some specialised applications such as rock crawling. Axial’s Trail Breaker rebuildable brushed motors were designed exclusively for RC rock crawlers and high-torque applications. Within the motor sealed precision ball bearings at each end improve efficiency and performance and beyond that are a balanced commutator and hard brushes, designed with long wear characteristics in mind, making it ideal for more run time and less down time. The motor is available in a 35T variant for more wheel speed and a 55T version with increased torque.

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January 8, 2016

Orlowski tops 2WD practice at DHI Cup

Michal Orlowski has topped 2WD Buggy practice at the DHI Cup, the Schumacher driver setting the fastest 3-consecutive laps at the Danish event to end up almost half a second clear of former winner Tom Cockerill. Joakim Nicolaisen would complete the Top 3, Team Associated’s up & coming talent 3/100ths faster than defending champion David Ronnefalk. For two time 2WD winner & unbeaten 4WD Champion Joern Neumann practice would leave the Serpent driver only 9th fastest while Xray’s 4WD World Champion Bruno Coehlo, despite laying down the fastest single lap ended up 16th.

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January 8, 2016

PowerHD Storm-7 low-profile servo

New from PowerHD comes the Storm-7 low-profile servo. The high-voltage compatible servo was developed with electric buggy and nitro touring car racing in mind, it features a sturdy all-aluminium case, durable yet lightweight titanium and alloy gears as well as a heat-resistant brushless motor. With the gears placed in a straight line PowerHD promises up to 30 percent higher drivetrain efficiency of the servo that pulls up to 13kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.055 seconds.

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